This season Nico Rosberg can finally establish himself as one of the top drivers in Formula 1. Being Michael Schumachers teammate was always going to be a lose-lose situation, although the guy still set a magnificent Monaco pole in his forties. Of course it was at this same circuit where the battle for the 2014 title intensified to a level where it paralleled the story of a bygone era: the naturally gifted and passionate driver versus the calculating cerebral strategist. With the championship winning car to his disposal and Lewis as a team mate, this is the perfect storm for Rosberg to make his mark once and for all: the coming of age of his career.